[MOSAIC] the power of modeling

[Suzanne]

What lit circle plans do you use?  Do you give jobs to each of the students?
I am really interested in lit circles but have never ventured out that far
yet.  
Suzanne

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From: mosaic-bounces at literacyworkshop.org
[mailto:mosaic-bounces at literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of gina nunley
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 8:55 PM
To: mosaic at literacyworkshop.org
Subject: [MOSAIC] the power of modeling

My kids are having some of the best literature circle discussions I have 
ever seen, and this year's kids actually struggle more than in the past.  
The one thing I did differently was to model one for them. Two teachers and 
myself used the last chapters of a book the class had just finished to 
conduct a lit circle.   We modeled all the good stuff we wanted to see and 
had the kids observe and record...

Good literature circles  "Look like" and "Sound like"

All three of us were impressed with the obvious and not so obvious behaviors

the kids picked up on.

Their first book club meeting was exciting to watch.  Gina

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